Collar-clip.



H. A. & M. GOLDBERG. COLLAR CLIP. APPLICATION FILED AUG.26,1911.

1,057,821; Patented Apr. 1,1913.

WITNESSES Max. Goldbery "37771 74 tlarne INVENTOR HARRY A. GOLDBERG AND MAX GOLDBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAR-CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

Application filed August 26, 1911. Serial No. 646,216.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, HARRY A. GOLD- BERG and Max GOLDBERG, citizens of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Clips, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to collar buttons and the principal object of the same is to provide a collar button which is so constructed that the button may be used without tearing the button hole and so that the collar and neck tie will be securely held in place.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a front elevation of the fastener. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the fastener. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fastener.

This collar fastener is formed from a single piece of resilient wire which is bent to form the substantially U-shape major por tion 17. This major portion 17 is intended to be placed behind the section of the collar band of the shirt in which the button hole at the rear of the neck band is formed. Each arm of the U-shaped major portion is bent back upon itself in spaced relation as shown at 18 and is then bent back in the original direction as shown at 19. The sections 17, 18, and 19 are left in spaced relation so that the major portion 17 may easily fit behind the collar band of the shirt and so that the portion of the collar beneath the rear button hole may fit between the sections 18 and 19. The sections 19 extend to a point adjacent the lower ends of the sections 18 and the end portions of the wire are then bent toward each other as clearly shown in Fig. 1 and then carried as shown at 20 and have their end portions bent outwardly to form the hooks 21. These hooks 21 are intended to hold the tie in place and the upwardly extending port-ions 20 serve as means for holding the collar in place, since these upwardly extending portions 20 press against the outer face of the collar beneath the button hole and thus assist in holding the collar in place.

When using this device the fastener is first connected with the collar by having the sections 19 and 20 pass through the button hole, which of course being understood that the hooks 21 will also pass through the but ton holes. The collar will then be between the sections 18 and 19 of the fastener with the upwardly extending portions 20 pressing against the outer face of the collar, and thus holding the collar in place. The collar is then placed around the neck and the major portion 17 placed in the pocket formed in the back of the collar band of the shirt and the end portions of the collar can then be connected with the collar button at the front of the shirt, and the neck tie then placed around the collar and fitted beneath the hook 21.

The construction of this collar button prevents the collar from working loose and also prevents the button hole in the back of the collar from being torn, since if the button hole is a little too small for the fastener, the

arms of the major portion can be pressed together thus permitting the fastener to accommodate itself to the size of the button hole.

Having described the invention, what we claim is- As a new article of manufacture, a collar clip formed from a single length of wire bent intermediate its length to form a U- shaped member, the arms of said U-shaped member being bent back upon themselves in spaced relation and then bent back upon themselves in the reverse direction in spaced relation and being then carried toward each other to a point adjacent thelongitudinal center of said clip and the end portion being then bent toward the upper end of said clip in spaced relation and carried outwardly to form hooks.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

SIDNEY L. ROSENFELD, W. H. LAPHAM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

